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Aberdeenshire (historic)
Historic county in Scotland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"County of Aberdeen" redirects here. For other uses of Aberdeen, see Aberdeen (disambiguation).
For the modern council area, see Aberdeenshire.
Aberdeenshire or the County of Aberdeen (Scots: Coontie o Aiberdeen, Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is a historic county and registration county of Scotland. The area of the county, excluding the Aberdeen City council area itself, is also a lieutenancy area. The county borders Kincardineshire, Angus and Perthshire to the south, Inverness-shire and Banffshire to the west, and the North Sea to the north and east. It has a coast-line of 65 miles (105 km). The county gives its name to the modern Aberdeenshire council area, which covers a larger area than the historic county.
![]() | This article is largely based on the article "Aberdeenshire" in the out-of-copyright Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, which was produced in 1911. (October 2016) |
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Aberdeenshire | |
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Country | Scotland |
County town | Aberdeen |
Area | |
• Total | 1,950 sq mi (5,050 km2) |
Ranked 6th of 34 | |
Chapman code | ABD |
Website | aberdeenshire |
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The area is generally hilly, and from the south-west, near the centre of Scotland, the Grampians send out various branches, mostly to the north-east.[1]